Apple Registers Trademark for ‘There’s an App for That’

Apple’s “There’s an app for that” slogan is so catchy that it’s endlessly parroted by the media, so it’s understandable why the company would register a trademark for the phrase. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently complied.

Just last week the U.S. PTO issued registration of the “There an app for that” trademark to Apple. The Cupertino company had filed for registration in December 2009. The trademark covers usage of the phrase in relation to retail store services featuring computer software and services.

In other words, the trademark won’t end the cheesy “There’s an app for that” jokes we see in blog posts and articles almost every day. (Glancing at the list below, you’ll see we’re guilty of the crime as well.) But it will prevent competing tech companies from pilfering the phrase for similar products.

Apple in 2009 started using the phrase “There’s an app for that” in TV ads to show off the multitude of apps available for iOS devices through its popular App Store, which opened July 2008. The App Store now serves over 250,000 apps for iPads, iPhones and iPod Touch devices.